Summary of my MA Thesis 'Being for nature: Exploring the design of pedagogical greenspaces to support children’s connection to nature in the urban context'
Being for Nature. Summary of MA Thesis
Category: Thoughts
Reflections on Quaker United Nations Summer School 2019
For the past two weeks I have spent time in the company of 25 incredible young people, learning more about Quaker work at the international level and witnessing the United Nations in action at the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva. The experience provided overwhelming moments, inspiration and joy as difficult topics were explored and friendships developed.
Taking flight: the Dialogue method and Quaker practices.
In this reflective post I aim to first, go deeper into the meaning and purpose of the dialogue method and second, to compare the dialogue method to Quaker practices which revolve around the experience of collective silence.
Plant-based eating, an issue of gender?
Reducing animal-based consumption is a step each one of us can take to lower our environmental impact. Yet why is the uptake of plant-based eating so gender-biased? This post looks at the motivators and barriers facing men when reducing their consumption of animal-based products.
A childhood spent in trees
A personal reflection on the value of nature-play for understanding the natural world and as a motivation for sustainability.
Why eat plant-based
Understanding the environmental motivations behind a plant-based diet
Resolutions for the Planet
How to balance living sustainably with the demands of modern life.
Promptings of love and truth
A brief overview of how my experience of Quakerism has supported and informed my desire to work towards a simple lifestyle and a sustainable future.
Climate Change Accountability in Risk Society
‘Society has become a laboratory where there is absolutely nobody in charge’ Ulrich Beck. How do we hold people accountable for climate change when no one takes responsibility?
Fashioned from Nature at the V&A
A look inside the V&A's latest exhibition exploring fashion's complex relationship to nature from 1600 to the present day.
